There is an OLE-DB Provider on the way for Windows Directory Services. Also, there is rumored to be an OLE-DB Provider for Outlook/Exchange. For the latter, you still need to rely on automation.... For directory info, you can make use of the file system objects.

>Thank you,
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>Do you know of any ActiveX components that will allow me to get directory information from the Exchange Server, NT Domain Controller or a Novell NDS?
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>I would like to read and write to these data sources but reading would be a start...
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>...tim